James Woodruff, Jr.
Posted: January 2, 2019
TUPELO — James Thomas Woodruff Jr. 84, died Dec. 29, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Services will be at noon Thursday at Otts Funeral Home in Sulligent, Alabama with Steve McGuire, Scott Doles and Trey Haskett officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to services at the funeral home. Otts Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Woodruff was born June 24, 1934, in Decatur, to the late James Thomas and Rosa Haddock Woodruff. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Stella Collins Woodruff; brothers, Jessie Franklin Woodruff, Richard Woodruff and Robert Woodruff; and sisters, Rosa Lou Woodruff and Frances Stevens. He is survived by his sons, Jerry Ray Woodruff of Tupelo and Ronnie Woodruff of Texas; daughters, Diana Mae Storment of Iuka, Nancy Faye McGuire of Scottsville, Kentucky and Barbara Ann Doles of Tupelo; brothers, William Woodruff of Rossville, Georgia, Marvin Woodruff of Sheffield, Joseph Woodruff of Muscle Shoals and Bobby Woodruff of Florence; sisters, Dorothy Mixon of Waco, Texas and Mary Alice Baumgarth of Bayville, New Jersey; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.